snickerdoodle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The earliest known use is from 1889.[1] Possibly a fanciful coinage, from snicker + doodle (“doodlebug”; though without clear semantic connection to either word). An alternative etymology derives it from German Schneckennudel, also a round type of pastry, but formed from dough rolled up in a coil.[2]
Noun
[edit]snickerdoodle (plural snickerdoodles)
- (US) A cookie in which the batter is rolled into a ball and coated with cinnamon sugar.
- 1967, Paul Henry Oehser (ed.), The United States Encyclopedia of History, Curtis Books, page 382,
- Besides bread, the bakehouse also turned out such treats as gristmill graham, hobnail, lumberjack, and snickerdoodle cookies in New England; and corn pone, spoon bread, and hominy pudding in the South.
- 1991, Daranna Gidel, Ceremony of Innocence, Dutton, →ISBN, page 345,
- Then, one morning, after making twenty dozen snickerdoodle cookies for an upcoming church function, Wanda collapsed onto the kitchen’s sparking vinyl floor and died.
- 2006, Kris Nelscott, War at Home, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 22,
- I took a bite from the snickerdoodle. It was fresh and soft and tasted like childhood.
- 1967, Paul Henry Oehser (ed.), The United States Encyclopedia of History, Curtis Books, page 382,
References
[edit]- ^ Marion Harland, editor (1889 April), “Snickerdoodles”, in The Home-Maker, volume 2, number 1, page 58.
- ^ “snickerdoodle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
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Snickerdoodle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
